Judge Kenneth Lee was appointed to the Pima County Superior Court on April 17, 1997. He is currently assigned to the Criminal Bench and is the Associate Presiding Judge. His prior bench assignments have been a civil assignment from 1997 to 2002, a criminal assignment from 2002 to 2006, a family law assignment from 2006 to 2008 and a civil assignment from 2008 to 2013. He previously served as the Civil Presiding Judge from 1999 to 2000 and 2008 to 2010. In addition, he served as the Associate Presiding Judge from 2001 to 2002 and 2004 to 2005.

Judge Lee is currently a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Superior Courts and the State Bar Committee on Civil Practice and Procedure. In the past he has been a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Committees on Civil Jury Instructions and Civil Practice and Procedure. From 2000 to 2002 he served as Secretary of the Arizona Judges Association.

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Lee was trial attorney in Tucson for 16 years. He practiced at the firms of Davis and Eppstein, P.C. from 1981 to 1986 and Haralson, Kinerk & Morey from 1986 to 1997. The major areas of practice were plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and other complex personal injury cases.